Kranti Prakash Jha recalls dream moment working with Prakash Jha on Sankalp

Kranti Prakash Jha has opened up about his experience of working with filmmaker Prakash Jha in Sankalp, where he plays Kasturi. The actor says the collaboration holds special meaning, as he grew up watching Jha’s films, including Gangaajal and Aarakshan.

The path to Sankalp began when producer Disha Jha — Prakash Jha’s daughter — reached out to him, and Kranti recalling the moment that Jha wanted to meet him. He described the exchange as surprising after years without a direct opportunity to connect with the director. I really enjoyed working on it. For me, it was like a dream. Every artist from Bihar who comes to Mumbai, for them, working with Prakash Jha sir is like a dream. So I had that dream too. Gangaajal, Aarakshan, all of these films, we must have watched them on video, VCPs and all, during our childhood,” he said.

Kranti recalled that the meeting with Jha was framed by a mix of reverence and anticipation. He said, “What happens is that when people come from Bihar, or when you are from there, and there is someone senior sitting in front of you, your body language automatically becomes like this. You kind of shrink into yourself. Because you don’t know… because in front of you, you see a guru, you see a father, you see an elder brother.”

He added, “So, even today, whenever I meet him, I meet him like this. Because it is automatically a part of my body language. I cannot do anything about it. That is the respect. The respect that our parents have taught us.”

Kranti also described that his first scene as Kasturi was particularly challenging. “So, for me, it was like a dream. The first scene was a very dangerous scene, where Kasturi was punished,” he said.

Through Sankalp, Kranti has collaborated with a filmmaker whose work he has followed since childhood, making the project a meaningful milestone in his acting journey.

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